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What is the difference about glaciation and an interglacial period?
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Glaciations are the times during which glaciers grew and covered large parts of continents. An interglacial period is a geological time between glaciations.
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How can humans prevent another ice age?
You mean "how can humans prevent another glaciation". We entered an ice age about 2.6 million years ago and are living in a warm period called an "interglacial". There are conflicting theories on what instigates a glaciation so there is, at the moment, no way of preventing another.
What is the most recent interval of quaternary glaciation gave way to warmer interglacial conditions?
1 million years ago
When was the end of the ice age?
The last glaciation ended about 10,000 years ago but the ice age is still with us. It started about 2.58 million years ago and we are living in a warm period called an interglacial, (between glaciations).
The current interglacial period is known as?
Holocene
What The time period between ice ages is called?
interglacial
Was there an ice age 120 thousand years ago?
The Earth was in an interglacial period of warming called the Sangamon Interglacial at this time period. The Illinois glaciation preceded it, and the Wisconsin episode of glaciation followed it. We are currently in an interglacial period known as the Holocene.
How can humans prevent another ice age?
You mean "how can humans prevent another glaciation". We entered an ice age about 2.6 million years ago and are living in a warm period called an "interglacial". There are conflicting theories on what instigates a glaciation so there is, at the moment, no way of preventing another.
What is the most recent interval of quaternary glaciation gave way to warmer interglacial conditions?
1 million years ago
What does interglacial mean?
Adjective:Of or relating to a period of milder climate between two glacial periods. Noun:An interglacial period.
When was the end of the ice age?
The last glaciation ended about 10,000 years ago but the ice age is still with us. It started about 2.58 million years ago and we are living in a warm period called an interglacial, (between glaciations).
What is the difference between a glaciation and an ice age?
Glaciation is a single event occurring in an ice-age period. We are currently in an ice age in earth history, but not currently in a period of glaciation. An interglacial period of moderate temperatures. More glacial episodes are expected to occur in the future.
When did the world emerge from the ice age?
The world has not yet emerged from the present ice age. We came out of the last glaciation about 10,000 years ago, (depending on what part of Earth you refer to), and are now in an interglacial, (warm), period between glaciations.
The current interglacial period is known as?
Holocene
Which period of an ice age are you in currently?
We are currently in an interglacial period within the ice age which started about 2.6 million years ago.
What is the time period between ice age?
interglacial
When did the ice age start and finish?
The present ice age started about 2.6 million years ago and is still with us. There have been many cold and warm periods during the ice age, the last cold period, (glaciation), ended about 10,000 years ago and we are in a warm period, (interglacial).
When will the next ice age accour?
We are in an ice age now, it started about 2.6 million years ago and we live in a warm interglacial period. If you mean, "when will the next glaciation occur?", no-one knows for certain. There are many hypotheses on when the next glaciation will start, but our knowledge is sparse on the subject and we cannot refer to ancient texts as people were not writing at the beginning of the last one.
